Rambles among the Channel Islands / by a Naturalist.

Date:
[1855?]
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Credit: Rambles among the Channel Islands / by a Naturalist. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    llarly grand appearance. Their sides are vertical, and they plunge Avithout a break into the pure and transparent waters below, their hard out- lines being distinctly visible below the surface. This w’all-like conformation, when two rocks stand close together, produces a deep chasm, at the bottom of which the occasional foaming of the resisted waters may be seen. The waves, in some places, roll under the edges of the rock, and their muffled fall as they strike the end of the cleft produces a singular impression on the ear of the observer. There are several caves extending to a small depth in the rock at the side of this bay; and the naturalist will here find, both in them and among the rocks which surround the bay, plants, animals, and shells, to the special consideration of which another place must be devoted. Rocquaine Bay, on the western coast of the same island, presents a contrast, in many points remarkable, to the last-named bay. A little beyond Pleinmont the abrupt coast-line of rocks suddenly ceases, and from the summit of the last rock a beautiful panoramic view of this bay • is gained. It stretches out at the. feet of the observer in a beautiful curve, terminating on the opposite side in a rocky promontory, separated by a small interval from the island of Lihou. The engraving on the last page represents cor-